New poems by Guðfinna frá Hómrum # 61477
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New poems by Guðfinna Jónsdóttir from Hömrum.
Guðfinna Jónsdóttir was born in 1899 at Arnarvatn in the Mývatn region. When she was seven years old, she moved with her family to Hömrum in Reykjadalur, the town she identified with after she began publishing her poetry. Her first poems that attracted attention were published in the anthology Þingeysk ljóð in 1940. The following year, her first book of poetry was published, and in 1945 she published a second book of poetry. These books were Ljóð which was published in 1941, and the second was entitled Ný ljóð. A year after the publication of the second book, or in 1946, Guðfinna died at Kristneshæli from corrosion. A selection of poems by the poetess from Hömrum was published in 1972 and is called Ljóðabók. Kristján Karlsson chose the poems for this edition and wrote an introduction to it.
Guðfinna was over forty when she began publishing her poetry. For the rest of her life, another art form had occupied her mind entirely, and that was music. Guðfinna learned the organ at an early age and was a student of Sigfús Einarsson and Páll Ísólfsson. She was considered one of the leading organists in the country and taught singing and organ playing both in Laugar and in Húsavík for a time.
Guðfinna lost both of her sisters to tuberculosis and struggled with the disease herself for much of her life. When her health prevented her from sitting at the organ and doing what was closest to her heart, she turned to poetry and poured all her energy and intelligence into it. One of the main characteristics of her poetry is a sensitive sense of melody. The melancholy tone plays a role in many of them, but her poems express a serenity in the face of death and an optimistic belief that she will be able to fulfill her dreams elsewhere.
Most of Guðfinna's poems were written in the neo-romantic tradition, but some are clearly realistic. Her most common subjects are her immediate surroundings at home in Hómrur, but she often uses nature scenes to convey a deeper message than the beauty of nature. Guðfinna's poetic goddess is clearly located in nature, and there she seeks spiritual gifts and answers in connection with the higher logic of life. As her short poetic career progresses, shattered hopes and the tension between duty and desire become increasingly prominent subjects in her poems.
In Guðfinna's realistic poems, she often writes about those who are less fortunate. These poems of hers are hardly political, but the sympathy for those who have fallen behind in life is clear, as is the poet's sense of justice.
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Guðfinna Jónsdóttir was born in 1899 at Arnarvatn in the Mývatn region. When she was seven years old, she moved with her family to Hömrum in Reykjadalur, the town she identified with after she began publishing her poetry. Her first poems that attracted attention were published in the anthology Þingeysk ljóð in 1940. The following year, her first book of poetry was published, and in 1945 she published a second book of poetry. These books were Ljóð which was published in 1941, and the second was entitled Ný ljóð. A year after the publication of the second book, or in 1946, Guðfinna died at Kristneshæli from corrosion. A selection of poems by the poetess from Hömrum was published in 1972 and is called Ljóðabók. Kristján Karlsson chose the poems for this edition and wrote an introduction to it.
Guðfinna was over forty when she began publishing her poetry. For the rest of her life, another art form had occupied her mind entirely, and that was music. Guðfinna learned the organ at an early age and was a student of Sigfús Einarsson and Páll Ísólfsson. She was considered one of the leading organists in the country and taught singing and organ playing both in Laugar and in Húsavík for a time.
Guðfinna lost both of her sisters to tuberculosis and struggled with the disease herself for much of her life. When her health prevented her from sitting at the organ and doing what was closest to her heart, she turned to poetry and poured all her energy and intelligence into it. One of the main characteristics of her poetry is a sensitive sense of melody. The melancholy tone plays a role in many of them, but her poems express a serenity in the face of death and an optimistic belief that she will be able to fulfill her dreams elsewhere.
Most of Guðfinna's poems were written in the neo-romantic tradition, but some are clearly realistic. Her most common subjects are her immediate surroundings at home in Hómrur, but she often uses nature scenes to convey a deeper message than the beauty of nature. Guðfinna's poetic goddess is clearly located in nature, and there she seeks spiritual gifts and answers in connection with the higher logic of life. As her short poetic career progresses, shattered hopes and the tension between duty and desire become increasingly prominent subjects in her poems.
In Guðfinna's realistic poems, she often writes about those who are less fortunate. These poems of hers are hardly political, but the sympathy for those who have fallen behind in life is clear, as is the poet's sense of justice.
(http://is.wikipedia.org)